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Henrietta Lacks (born Loretta Pleasant; August 1, 1920 – October 4, 1951) was an African-American woman whose cancer cells are the source of the HeLa cell line, the first immortalized human cell line and one of the most important cell lines in medical research. An immortalized cell line reproduces indefinitely under specific conditions, and the HeLa cell line continues to be a source of invaluable medical data to the present day.Lacks was the unwitting source of these cells from a tumor biopsied during treatment for cervical cancer at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S., in 1951. These cells were then cultured by George Otto Gey, who created the cell line known as HeLa, which is still used for medical research. As was then the practice, no consent was required to culture the cells obtained from Lacks's treatment. Neither she nor her family were compensated for their extraction or use. Even though some information about the origins of HeLa's immortalized cell lines was known to researchers after 1970, the Lacks family was not made aware of the line's existence until 1975. With knowledge of the cell line's genetic provenance becoming public, its use for medical research and for commercial purposes continues to raise concerns about privacy and patients' rights.
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According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Lacks is ranked #23485 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Lacks surname appeared 1,082 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Lacks.
72% or 780 total occurrences were White.
24.3% or 263 total occurrences were Black.
2.5% or 28 total occurrences were of two or more races.
0.8% or 9 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Lacks in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Lacks in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
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Turkmenistan now sorely lacks cash to pay for its imports.
When Mullah Omar was alive, he maintained a public distance from al Qaeda that his successor Mullah Mansour has not, i think this is in part because Mansour lacks the legitimacy of Omar.
Kiki Taufik of Greenpeace Indonesia:
We have learned from weak enforcement of the moratorium on clearing primary forests and peatland that (such a ban) lacks teeth ... and must take the form of a binding presidential regulation.
The process undoubtedly lacks legitimacy and as such we do not recognize it.
Unfortunately, we are in a country that lacks funds and people have to go out to work. It is reality.
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